Tariffs. All the Wall Street jackasses have been looking at each other like "eh, nobody could be *that* stupid, right? Keep up the buying." Now that it's becoming clear that, yes, in fact, someone is that stupid, and he gets to control the economy until his party sacks up and forces him in line, they're going to freak.

Market undulations are not the economy. The tariffs have the potential to do serious damage, but Wall Street throwing a hissy fit isn't the same thing, and may even be the lever that lifts those tariffs. If they are lifted before the next congress, I don't even see any damage to international relations, certainly none that won't evaporate with the next administration.

The big issue is in a market like China. It took American business and farmers decades to get strong penetration in the market. There's decent potential that replacement of things like American soy with Brazilian soy will take years to regain lost share.

his voice is so soothing, but why do conspiracy nuts always sound like Batman and Robin solving one of Riddler's puzzles out loud? - fod

I also noticed that there's a dark blue color that's not in the legend. But that's cause I'm used to reviewing maps, and assuming that the people who made them aren't gigantic fucking idiots.

Also a lavender color that also isn't on the legend.

Also what the fuck do any of those words mean? The entire map is a mess. It's probably wrong but it's hard to tell because before you can conclude that it's wrong, you have to figure out what it's claiming in the first place.

I also noticed that there's a dark blue color that's not in the legend. But that's cause I'm used to reviewing maps, and assuming that the people who made them aren't gigantic fucking idiots.

Also a lavender color that also isn't on the legend.

Also what the fuck do any of those words mean? The entire map is a mess. It's probably wrong but it's hard to tell because before you can conclude that it's wrong, you have to figure out what it's claiming in the first place.

You did notice that's not South America, didn't you?

If Trump supporters wanted a tough guy, why did they elect such a whiny bitch? - Mo

I also noticed that there's a dark blue color that's not in the legend. But that's cause I'm used to reviewing maps, and assuming that the people who made them aren't gigantic fucking idiots.

Also a lavender color that also isn't on the legend.

Also what the fuck do any of those words mean? The entire map is a mess. It's probably wrong but it's hard to tell because before you can conclude that it's wrong, you have to figure out what it's claiming in the first place.

It's an "apply the scientific method to real data" factbox, with the questions cut out. The edition in the book didn't have Africa, but was otherwise the same. It also had a citation for the information. I suspect what happened was, they made the factbox and then simplified the data to make the exercise easier, and the map actually readable. There's a link to their citation in Stevo's post on FB, but I'm not a subscriber to Science, so I can't read it.

(The most recent edition of the book doesn't even have a section 3 in chapter 5.)

"VOTE SHEMOCRACY! You will only have to do it once!" -Loyalty Officer Aresen

I'm also pretty sure there's more than one type of perching bird in the US. But I mean, I'm no ornithologist.

If by "perching birds" they mean the order Passeriformes*, then there are over 50 families, and some of those families have over 50 species each.

* Passerines have three toes facing forwards and one back, and no webbing. But a lot of birds have similar feet and are not passerines, for reasons I don't quite understand. Also, plenty of birds literally perch, but are not passerines, like hawks and parrots.

"Millennials are lazy. They'd rather have avocado toast than cave in a man's skull with a tire iron!" -FFF

Apparently cancer and dementia are time travelling diseases.
A village 150 miles downstream from a proposed gold mine "passed the resolution (to oppose its construction) due to our elders having cancers, and now we're finding out more on these elders having dementia in our villages".

"pedialyte is like planned parenthood for hangovers. it costs you a bit, but it makes your little problem go away until the next time you drink too much."-- dhex
"Sweet tea is the archvillain in Wilford Brimley's origin story." -- Ellie

Apparently cancer and dementia are time travelling diseases.
A village 150 miles downstream from a proposed gold mine "passed the resolution (to oppose its construction) due to our elders having cancers, and now we're finding out more on these elders having dementia in our villages".

New Age Medicine.

If Trump supporters wanted a tough guy, why did they elect such a whiny bitch? - Mo

"I'm a better person than a fictional asshole having a psychotic break"

Jeebus. What's sad is that actually could have been a decent article. Instead of beating off to his own wokeness he could have talked more about how the area had changed and why. That might have been interesting.

"I'm a better person than a fictional asshole having a psychotic break"

Jeebus. What's sad is that actually could have been a decent article. Instead of beating off to his own wokeness he could have talked more about how the area had changed and why. That might have been interesting.

Speaking of wokeness gone wrong:

"The constitution is more of a BDSM agreement with a safe word." - Sandy

"Neoliberalism. Austerity. Booga booga!!!!" - JasonL

"We can't confirm rumors that Lynndie England is in the running to be Gina Haspel's personal aide." - DAR